Prime Minister Stephen Harper is bent on marketing Athabasca oil sands crude to Asia, he told an audience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC after his meeting with U.S. and Mexico Presidents Barack Obama and…
April 5, 2012
Harper Wants Northern Gateway With or Without Keystone XL, He Tells U.S. Audience
April 4, 2012
Baby Bear Makoon’s Fate Hangs in the Balance at Manitoba Zoo
It was rescued from the roadside in March, given a Cree name and now faces possible euthanization. This was the latest word in the fate of little Makoon, as rescuer Rene Dubois’s granddaughter named the bear cub he found starving…
April 3, 2012
Aboriginal Transgender Miss Universe Canada Contestant Jenna Talackova Fights Disqualification—And Wins
UPDATE: Jenna’s back in the pageant! Lake Babine First Nation member Jenna Talackova was born male. Four years ago, though, she underwent a sex change operation. Today she is a 23-year-old woman striking enough to make it into the Canadian…
April 2, 2012
Juno Award to Mohawk Blues Pianist Murray Porter
And the Juno for Best Aboriginal Album of the Year goes to … Murray Porter. The Turtle Clan Mowhawk’s jazz pianist’s unique mix of sounds on Songs Lived & Life Played got him the top spot in the aboriginal category…
April 1, 2012
From Shattered Dream to Basketball Junior All Native Tourney Win
It was a bittersweet victory for the Ahousaht Mystic Sunz girls’ division when they snagged the title at the British Columbia Junior All Native basketball tournament. But it was one dedicated to the woman who made it all possible: coach…
March 31, 2012
Brazeau and Trudeau Bare (Almost) All to Box Against Cancer—and Each Other
Two high-profile Canadian politicians from a pair of rival parties will be looking to register a knockout victory on Saturday March 31—in a boxing ring. That’s right. Patrick Brazeau, an Algonquin and a Conservative Senator, will duke it out with…
March 29, 2012
Inuit Renew Fight Against Tuberculosis as Cases Increase
The Canadian government and the national inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) are banding together to renew the fight against tuberculosis in the north with increased outreach, new equipment and a worldwide campaign. Building on last year’s program Taima TB…
March 28, 2012
Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted off Haida Gwaii Territory
A fishing vessel swept out to sea off Japan in last year’s post-earthquake tsunami has been spotted about 150 nautical miles off of the islands making up Haida Gwaii territory in British Columbia. This “ghost ship” heralds an earlier-than-anticipated arrival…
March 27, 2012
Former First Nation Leaders Look to Iran for Human Rights Help
As the West seeks to continue to isolate Iran to contain its burgeoning nuclear program, a renegade former chief and other First Nation leaders are actively trying to engage the leadership of the Middle Eastern nation. The outreach is led…
March 25, 2012
Nuu-chah-nulth Treasure Returned to Home Territory in B.C.
It was a breathtaking moment for Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation member Margarita James. She was on hand for the return of a Nuu-chah-nulth ceremonial club that was given to the English explorer Captain Cook more than 200 years ago. After passing…
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